Rare 1985 Cagiva/Ducati Elephant 650 twin dual sport. Bike is all original and is in excellent condition. Always kept in heated shop. I have the owners manual and shop manual. Runs great and a hoot to ride. Please reply with phone number if interested. Thanks.

Solo Lobo: Thanks for the link! I am looking specifically for the E900, and in the "Lucky Explorer" livery if possible. Mint and unmolested as possible is a must.

Wyvern: JUST noticed your PM if you can believe it - sorry! I did send you a PM back - let me know if you get it.

I would really, REALLY love to get one of these picked up - I posted the entire story over at Ducati.ms, but my dad had one of these when I was younger and I went on an epic trip with him. I lost him just a few years ago, and my son and I would like to take a similar trip. I will end up keeping the E900 and adding it to my long term "keeper" collection, and would really like to make this trip with my son on an Elefant in memory of my dad and all of the good times that we had on his bike.

need some details from 750 owners .
whats the top speed and mpg on standard gearing.its a euro spec 1989 750 elephant the owner mentioned it runs on a single mikuni carb(is this stock)
are they dual start or leccy start only.
thanks ian.

need some details from 750 owners .
whats the top speed and mpg on standard gearing.its a euro spec 1989 750 elephant the owner mentioned it runs on a single mikuni carb(is this stock)
are they dual start or leccy start only.
thanks ian.

I can't help too much, but bear with me for a second. If it's a 1989 I'm assuming it's a Pantah engined air cooled "pre-E750" bike. If this is the case then fuel economy is brilliant (whatever that means) because it can be geared to do whatever you want. Mine had tall road tyres on it and a 15 tooth countershaft sprocket when I bought it and it would fly past 200kph and still hauling. mpg on standard gearing and tyres? Wouldn't have a clue - it's been faaar too long for me to remember that kind of detail.

My 1988 Elefant is kick and electric start and I'm pretty sure a 1989 will be the same. The early E750's I'm not so sure about, but I don't think they appeared until around 1992 or 1994. They came with two carb's - Bing, not a single Mikuni. Converting to a pair of Mikuni's was a common modification but not a single. In fact there were pre-made "kits" to convert to Mikuni's complete with throttle cables to suit. I'm not sure how that (a single Mikuni) could be done so doubt it's true. The early 750 Paso's used a single downdraft Webber carb, but that was a very different bike. It's possible that a conversion to something like that could be done, but I'm pretty sure it would require cutting the frame downtube to eliminate the branches for the air intakes of the standard carb inlets. I've thought about doing that once upon a time, but can't bring myself to cut the frame on such a rare bike. (Mine's a Lucky Explorer). Also, having owned a 750 Paso for a few years I don't think I would head down that path anyway - I got a little tired of it being a 375cc bike every time the slighest bit of crap fell into a jet, which happened with uncanny regularity!

need some details from 750 owners .
whats the top speed and mpg on standard gearing.its a euro spec 1989 750 elephant the owner mentioned it runs on a single mikuni carb(is this stock)
are they dual start or leccy start only.
thanks ian.

Don't know much about the Euro 750's. I have two Elefants, one converted to 750cc and the other a standard 650. Both are electric and manual starters. Mileage on both in 50/50 pavement/off-road approaches 50mpg. I have no idea what the top end speed is since I refuse to stress these old engines much over 90% and that equals about 85mph. Both of mine are dual carburetor (DelOrto) models with debris screens every where in the circuits. I have never seen a single carbed Elefant, so doubt that was a factory solution. HTH

OK ... People ... someone needs to help out here .... I am in if someone can make this happen and supply the slider..

I've emailed Dewey to offer my unused chain sliders for both the Elefant and the Gran Canyon/Navigator. I am waiting on a reply. I have 2 different chain sliders for the Elefant, both with the same part #. I'll take a pic of each to confirm we are all on the same page. These sliders were obtained from different sources.

I put the same post up on the Elefant Technical thread. If no one comes through then another option would be that one of you guys could physically bring your bike to scenic Lititz. Just drop it off, enjoy the town for a few hours and then come back and collect your bike with the new slider kit installed. You get your sliders and I get what I need to start making kits again so these classic ADV bikes can stay roadworthy.

I went out to see how hard it would be to remove mine and send it to you, but discovered that most of it is missing!
So it's a "no go" on mine!
I have plenty of other bikes to ride while mine would be down, but since it's missing most of the top block and the chain is against the swing arm I ill have to either build one for myself or buy one off you when you get one to make a pattern off of!

Sorry!

__________________It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena" -Burt Munro

Cosmetically it is in fair-to good condition. Engine runs great. Valves recently adjusted - engine purrs and starts right up.
I bought it basically stock about 5 years ago with about ~14K miles (~22K KM) on it
Shortly after buying it the speedo cable snapped. I've purchased and installed two replacements, and they both snap immediately. I haven't spent any more time on it trying to figure out what's the story with it. I just use a GPS instead, and I think I've added another 7 K miles since I bought it.

I've been trying to make my own, but without a milling machine it is nearly impossible. Vacation time is coming up in CT and if no one has a set of "Dewey V Specials" to send so he can get the measurements I might just have to trailer my e900 the 312 miles to Lititz, PA.

Another option would be, since I'm replacing my chain and sprockets anyway, I could ship you my rear swing arm. I would pay for shipping there and back and maybe we can work out a deal on the sliders. Any thoughts?